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I stare up at her as she points the gun at un elsewhere?" I hs in irritation and lowers her arm Matt pushes himself up off the floor when he sees it’s safe to do so, reaches down, and pulls me up next to hi myself off, I stare at Matt’s ass as he turns away froround during reat ass

My eyes flick away guiltily as he turns around and soing to park down the street and see if Melanie shows up"

Matt stares aton this even after everything that happened?"

I shrug "Well, yeah It’s not fair, what she’s doing to you I couldn’t just let that go"

He has a really good poker face right now and doesn’t give away anything that he’s thinking I hope this goes a little way toward proving to hi with you"

It’s not even a question He just tellsto do With my sense of independence since I kicked Andy’s ass to the curb, I don’t take too kindly to people telling me what to do Matt leans in close to me and brushes a lock of hair off of un with an arm attached to it suddenly shoves its way between our bodies "Save rooet some food in my stomach so I can take my arthritis medication"

My mom pushes her way between the two of us and walks out into the sunshine

I grudgingly follow behind her, leading the way for Matt to follow I close and lock the door behind us and slide my hand into his as alk down the front steps toward the parking lot, where er-side door

I can’t help being a little e with Matt didn’t exactly start off under great circu him out for an afternoon with my insane mother Even if I did still believe in fairy tales and happily ever after, I’d have to light that romantic notion on fire at this point I’h the front door like a cartoon character as soon as she pulled her gun fro

"If this is too weird for you, you don’t have to coh away fro to lie--this is all a little crazy right now I like you A lot And that scares the shit out ofout on a limb to help s for uilty"

When I open uilt and everything to do with how I feel about him, he holds a hand up to stopto beI just need ti," he adirl panties and nod at hi his words cut a hole in h I knohat it’s like to lose your trust in soht I would be the one sowith , arthriticthings, doesn’t it?" I ask dryly

"As long as you don’t leave ood start" Matt smiles at me as I hit the button on my key chain to unlock the doors to my car

CHAPTER 14

Am I the first person ever to stare at you blankly when you toldainst the seat, I stare over at Matt He mirrors my pose and I scoot my body a little closer to him

"I told you, I’m not offended, believe me I was serious when I said I liked it that you didn’t knoho I was It was nice being able to talk to so about e of his seat as well until there are only a few inches and a gearshift separating us "I really can’t thank you enough that you’re doing this forto hate you when they find out what happened?"

The concern in his voice melts my heart He’s about to lose the company his father worked hard for all his life, his ex is dating a ht fit us for ce hiuy come from?

"Lorelei already knows, sort of She hasn’t told Kennedy yet, and that’s a little concerning Kennedy is the one we need to worry about She carries a gun," I tell hiured out and I can explain to her what happened, she’s going to understand I know it"

Matt leans across the gearshift,me in the middle until I can feel his breath onwith I don’t want anything to happen to you because of me"

I’ve never wanted to kiss someone so badly in my entire life I still remember how soft his lips were and how he tasted I rehtly his ar ht now, though I need the real thing

Staring into his gorgeous eyes, I start to close the distance between us, the sound ofare we going to just sit here? My bursitis is acting up"

With a sigh, I pull away froets back in frouess that wasn’t o It was her sto back in her legs

"I didn’t ask you to come with us You could have stayed atwould be a little etic look and he s in the backseat, I still can’t stop thinking about kissing hi thatwhat it would feel like to run my hands all over his naked body? Matt’s eyes darken as he stares back at

"So that’s what a sha frohts, I look back atdown the front steps of Vinnie DeMarco’s hoot ed under her eyes, and her hair looks like a rat’s nest

"It’s ‘walk of shame,’ Mom," I mutter as all three of us stare silently at Melanie while she stands at the end of the driveway, looking up and down the street